Using hypothetical favourite future child's name in Starbucks order

[travellingbird]

I've tried this a few times, and am wondering if anyone else has done this to see if the name you like feels funny or wonderful or get's your gut instinct going when it's said in relation to you, by a stranger when they write it on your coffee cup? They also say things out loud like, "A Tall Mocha for (insert baby name instead of adult name), here", as well.

DP and I talk baby names rather a lot, but it's nice to have a different view ... or is this all just terribly weird and embarrassing?
Latest coffee-name made me beam...

[weeblueberry]

Fairly sure since I'm a regular in my local Starbucks they'd look at me like

[OkayHazel]

Friends and I regularly use Harry, Ron and Hermione :)

[iliketea]

Why not? I tried out names by standing at the bottom of the stairs and shouting "full name, get down here this minute" . Starbucks is a sweeter way of trialling names

[HorryIsUpduffed]

Great idea.


In the first week of the new system someone famously gave Voldemort as his coffee name. When the barista picked up the cup, he faltered, then shouted out "He who must not be named". Legend.

[looki]

I have been known to do it (embarrassed).

[travellingbird]

The coffee-cup name was Violet, by the way .

[craftycottontail]

LOVE this idea, it's going to get me out of a dilemma between two possible names! Only trouble is that it's the boys names I'm struggling with so I'm going to look quite odd in Starbucks...

[Anjou]

Awesome, awesome, awesome idea!

[DonkeysDontRideBicycles]

Aww aufaniae thought you were keen on Carys or Cerys or Romy..?
Hope DD is settling and you feel up to going out and about very soon.
Good luck!

[aufaniae]

Inspired! I like your style OP.

I boycott Starbucks on principle but am ever so slightly tempted to go just to do this (am currently trying to name 4 day old DD!)

[OneFingerSjupesUpTheYoni]

I hate my kids names until they are about four months old and feel ridiculous saying them anyway so this wouldn't help me in the slightest, great idea for other people with other weird name problems

[simplesusan]

Bizzare.
Are you actually pregnant?
If not then you need to get out more, and not to Starbucks.

[TondelayoSchwarzkopf]

That's a really good idea.

I once went through a phase of homaging my favourite sitcom characters through Starbucks coffee - Jacqui, Darlene, Crystal, Roseanne etc... Unfortunately I always go to same branch so they cottoned on.

[Malkofish]

I think this is both a bit mental and a bit genius. Going to try it myself!

[Unami]

That's a great idea. We don't think we want to try out names with friends and family in case they put us off any names we love, but there are a few that we want to pass the 'laugh-test', or the smirk-test, or the eh?-test. Getting a stranger to call it out in this way is a great idea.

I'm totally going to be doing this.

[HoneyDragon]

I just made dh name them. That way I had some one to blame.

[butterflybuns]

Pretend to call them in for their tea. If you feel a plonker then name needs to be changed.

[Yonionekanobe]

I am going to do this! Genius!

[whyno]

Brilliant. Now where's my nearest Starbucks?

[Snazzynewyear]

Good idea!

[StorFetHamster]

Ooh, I should try that! 3rd baby....still no idea!

[Thirstysomething]

I pretend to shout it across school playground/street.

[Metarie]

I shouted up and down the stairs

[MummyBurrows]

FWIW I'd really like to know what name made u beam too... :) xx